By: Vincent Alfieri Universal Music Group has recently filed a lawsuit against Anthropic PBC, an Amazon backed startup, alleging that the company’s Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) chatbot infringes on the lyrics from multiple copyrighted songs.[1]  Universal’s complaint contains numerous side-by-side comparisons of the chatbot’s generated lyrics and the lyrics from copyrighted works.[2] When directed by a…

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By: Olivia Woodmansee In July 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to adopt a final rule on cybersecurity disclosure for public companies.[1]  The rule is predicted to fundamentally alter most, if not all, public companies’ incident response processes.[2]  The SEC now requires companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents via Form 8-K within four…

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By: Holly Santapaga Users of the popular social media app Instagram are likely familiar with the term “influencer.”  Though it is difficult to define the term “influencer,” these individuals generally have a large social media following, and the ability to influence their following through “sales, attitudes, opinions, [or] time spent.”[1]  Advertisers quickly caught on to…

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